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PETITION FILED FOR EYECUTIVE CLEVENCY On January 6, 1953, an order was signed by District Judge Irving BR, Kaufman, Southern District Of Hew York, end | consented to by Faanuel a, Block, Attorney for the Rosenberge, and Myles J. Lane, u. 8. Attorney, Southern Distrtet of Hew York. hts order granted « etay of execution of the defendante which had been set for the week of January 12, an affidavit of counsel fer the defendants be ftled attesting that a petition sor executive clemency wae duly ftled for aubatesaton to the Prestdent and further that the stay was’ betng granted for the sole purpose of pernstting the President to pass upon the defendants’ plea for executive clemency. Further tf any actton was to be taken or legal proceeding inetttuted which caused deloy or tnter the expeditious processing of the satd eppltcatton for executive clenency, the atoy would be vacated. The order further contatned a proviseton that the stay granted would exptre five daya after the determination by the President upon the petttton for executive olemencye. (65- 58236-1393) Om February 11, 1953, President Det ght De Eisenhower | dented the petitton fer executive (Clemency filed by the = | Rosenberga. In denytng this petition, President Ft senhower atated, “fhese two tndivtduala Aave been tried and convtcted